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		<title>At 90, pubradio pioneer upholds a literary tradition</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2013/01/at-90-pubradio-pioneer-upholds-a-literary-tradition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2013/01/at-90-pubradio-pioneer-upholds-a-literary-tradition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Lapin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Karl Schmidt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Decades ago, Karl Schmidt occupied himself by staging elaborate award-winning works of theater for radio broadcast. At 90, he’s still weaving compelling stories on the air, but he’s down to a troupe of just one actor — himself. <a href="http://www.current.org/2013/01/at-90-pubradio-pioneer-upholds-a-literary-tradition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Life cycle of a reform: independence of CPB Program Fund</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/11/life-cycle-of-a-reform-independence-of-cpb-program-fund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Everhart</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Television programs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lewis Freedmah]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ron Hull, a former director of the Program Fund, reflects on the value of buffer from partisan politics Jan. 2, 1979 — Robben Fleming, a university president and an authority on (labor) negotiations, comes to CPB as its third president. &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/11/life-cycle-of-a-reform-independence-of-cpb-program-fund/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CPB will seek operator to develop American Archive; director leaves project</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2012/01/cpb-will-seek-operator-to-develop-american-archive-director-leaves-project/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2012/01/cpb-will-seek-operator-to-develop-american-archive-director-leaves-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Television programs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having lost its digital projects fund last year, CPB lacks the money to develop the American Archive much further, according to Mark Erstling, senior v.p. The next step is to find an outside institution to adopt and support creation of &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2012/01/cpb-will-seek-operator-to-develop-american-archive-director-leaves-project/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fred Friendly’s solar-powered plan to give public TV independence</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2009/05/fred-friendlys-solar-powered-plan-to-give-public-tv-independence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2009/05/fred-friendlys-solar-powered-plan-to-give-public-tv-independence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 08:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>currentadmin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fred Friendly]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[...  Friendly began toying with an idea for a permanent source of funding for noncommercial television. In the spring of 1966 he began considering the possibility that synchronous satellites might provide the magic potion for the fourth network.... <a href="http://www.current.org/2009/05/fred-friendlys-solar-powered-plan-to-give-public-tv-independence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Radio gets in on the Act</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2005/03/radio-gets-in-on-the-act-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2005/03/radio-gets-in-on-the-act-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[History of public media]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The plan was for a Public Television Act with no mention of dusty old radio. Not everyone signed on to the plan. Readers’ sympathies will be divided by this narrative adapted from Jack Mitchell’s new book, Listener Supported: The Culture &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/2005/03/radio-gets-in-on-the-act-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Radio gets in on the Act</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/2005/03/radio-gets-in-on-the-act/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/2005/03/radio-gets-in-on-the-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>currentadmin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jack Mitchell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The issue had been decided, Fletcher said. Congress would pass the Public  Television Act and create the Corporation for Public Television. To bring  radio in at that point, he concluded, would "change the scenario." <a href="http://www.current.org/2005/03/radio-gets-in-on-the-act/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saudek’s Omnibus: ambitious forerunner of public TV</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/1999/12/saudeks-omnibus-ambitious-forerunner-of-public-tv-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/1999/12/saudeks-omnibus-ambitious-forerunner-of-public-tv-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 1999 16:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When producer Robert Saudek died in 1998, his New York Times obituary called him &#8220;the alchemist-in-­chief of what is often called the golden age of television.&#8221; From 1952 to 1961, the product of Saudek&#8217;s alchemy was Omnibus, a weekly that &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/1999/12/saudeks-omnibus-ambitious-forerunner-of-public-tv-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Age of Kings: an import becomes public TV’s first hit</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/1998/12/an-age-of-kings-an-import-becomes-public-tvs-first-hit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/1998/12/an-age-of-kings-an-import-becomes-public-tvs-first-hit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 1998 00:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>currentadmin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://currentlikenow.org/?p=2200</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was public TV's first unqualified national success, a smash hit. Before Masterpiece Theatre, American Playhouse or Hollywood Television Theatre, there was An Age of Kings, Shakespeare's history plays in 15 parts, a chronicle of Britain's monarchs from Richard II (1399) to Richard III (1484). <a href="http://www.current.org/1998/12/an-age-of-kings-an-import-becomes-public-tvs-first-hit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>FCC Notice on DBS Public Interest Obligations, November 1998</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/1998/11/fcc-satellite-tv-noncom-set-asid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/1998/11/fcc-satellite-tv-noncom-set-asid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 1998 21:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Behrens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before the FCC 98-307 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Implementation of Section 25 of the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 Direct Broadcast Satellite Public Interest Obligations MM Docket 93-25 REPORT AND &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/1998/11/fcc-satellite-tv-noncom-set-asid/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Having ‘done the job,’ Carlson will depart CPB</title>
		<link>http://www.current.org/1997/02/having-done-the-job-carlson-will-depart-cpb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.current.org/1997/02/having-done-the-job-carlson-will-depart-cpb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 1997 20:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dru Sefton</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://current.org/?p=15901</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Richard Carlson, a Republican credited with defending public broadcasting from attacks by members of his party, announced Jan. 24 that he will leave the CPB presidency June 30 or before. He opposed overlapping stations and pushed new rules to limit &#8230; <a href="http://www.current.org/1997/02/having-done-the-job-carlson-will-depart-cpb/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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